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Kontum Missionary and Friendship

EIN 42-1757220 · West Covina, CA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthGood72 out of 100GovernanceGood75 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

To help the poor, the blind, the disabled, the orphans, and the highland people. KMF provides food, clothing, healthcare, and the education support to the needy of Central Vietnam, with special focus given to orphans and children, the disabled as well as leperds.

Income
$752,990
Spending
$750,453
Spent on programs
94%
Reserves
4.7 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 100%
Employees
0
Volunteers
10

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Good: 72 out of 100. Higher than 42% of charities in its peer group (international, $250k to $1m).

  • Reserves

    20 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 4.7 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 0% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    12 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 0% of income.

  • Income trend

    5 of 15

    Income fell 15% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    94% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 6 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 53% of charities in its peer group (international, $250k to $1m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    5 of 5 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    0 of 8

    Reports no written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    0 of 7

    Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Independent check of accounts

    6 of 15

    Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (6)
  1. $633,830 spent. HELP THE POOR & ORPHAN PROJECT Through the network of priests and nuns in different parishes and working in close collaboration with the bishop and his staff, the fund provides food, clothes to the children and the poor highlanders of Kontum, Pleiku, and other poor in other provinces. Provide fund for orphanages Vinh Son 3, 4, 5 and Vinh Son 6; and working in close collaboration with nuns, provide food, clothes, and education to the children and the orphans of Kontum, Pleiku, and other orphans in other provinces of Vietnam.
  2. $40,110 spent. POOR STUDENT BOARDING HOUSE PROJECT The fund is to upgrade the living condition of poor students by providing food, school tuition and fee, tutoring, educational supplies, as well as building new boarding houses or upgrading the sanitary condition of the other boarding houses for poor students of highlands in Kontum, Pleiku provinces, and other provinces in Vietnam.
  3. $16,500 spent. HELP A PARISH The fund of the grant is to help building or fixing church for poor local highland people. The project provides jobs for poor local highland people who also contribute their own time and talent for their own church.
  4. $7,000 spent. CLINIC FOR THE POOR PROJECT The fund of the grant is to provide free medical services and medication to the children, the poor of Kontum and Pleiku, and other poor in other provinces.
  5. $3,600 spent. PROJECT FOR POOR ELDERS Through the network of priests and nuns in different parishes, the fund provides food, clothes, medicines to the poor elders without relatives and those in convalescent homes.
  6. $2,000 spent. PROJECT For LEPERDS Through the network of priests and nuns in different parishes and working in close collaboration with the bishop and his staff, the fund provides free medical services and medications as well as food to the lepers in order to relieve their sufferings. Special attention are given to lepers in remote area.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since September 2008.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.

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